Safety device for pressure fired steam generators



Feb. 12, 1935. w. G..NoAcK 1,991,114

4 SAFETY DEvcE FOR PRESSURE FRD STEAM GENERATORS Filed May 22, 1953 Pea/Emea 31a/nudo@ Patented Feb. 1935 v ,l

- ,UNl'rEofs'rA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

SAFETY DEVICE FOB PRESSURE ,FIRE

. STEAM GENEATOBS Walter Gustav Noack, Baden, Switzerland, as-

signor to Aktiengesellschaft Brown Boveri & Cie., BadcmgSwitxerland, a joint-stock oompany of Switacrlaud Application May 22, 1933, Serial No. 672,305

.InGermanyMay 1l, 1932 s (c1. 12s-.24)

With pressure red steam generators where mainly forstartingjup the steam generator and the pressure in the combustionchamber is profor supplying additional power when the output duced by a compressor and maintained by the of the gas turbine is inadequate; it also assists outflow resistance oi' the nozzlesof a gas turthe rapid acceleration oi'- the compressor when 5 bine the output of the gas'turbine and auxiliary there is a sudden increase in load on the steam 5 prime`mover, if such latter i'sprovided 'to assist generator. Superheater 2 and preheater 5 may, the gas turbine, must always be such that it 'reif desired, be omitted. 'Ihe safety device comremains inequilibrium-'with the energy required prises the by-pass device 7 which forms a direct by the compressor and any other machines such connection between the space on the inlet side as water` circulating pumps and fuel pumps of turbine 3 and the space on'the outlet side of 10 which may be coupled to the. compressor.- This the turbine. This lby-pass device" is operated by balance of power can be disturbed by a breakthe. safety governor 8 which is for instance down in the governingl system of the auxiliary mounted on the' shaft of the auxiliary prime prime mover resulting in more additional power mover. It the maximum allowable speed is eX-f 1,5 being supplied than is required over and 'above seeded the safety governor operates and opens l5 that delivered by the gas turbine. The balance the valve contained in the apparatus 7. The of power can also be upset by a burst boileritube,... heating gases can nsw flow direct .as shown in resulting in large quantities of steam reachingrjglilg. 1 to the preheater. When the crossfsectionvthe combustion chamber and causing a rise in al area of the -heating-gas passages inthe-'prev pressure in the chamber. In both cases thexgas' heater are smalljas is the case with 'pressure 20 turbine will tend to attain excessive speeds and 'red steam generators with 'high heating gas more especially in the latter case, because when velocities, the heating gases leaving the turbine the pressure in the combustion chamberuiSSPQCbme slightly throttled so that the pressure the demand on the compressor ceases andthe-.fdrop in thegas turbine is lgreatly reduced and. power required by the compressor drops to .ai the .gais turbine immediatelydecelerated. 25 fraction of its normal value. 'rf .Wh,en the auxiliary prime mover is tted with It is, therefore, one of the objects of the presa 'safety governor this governor can also be used ent invention to avoid any danger of the gas 1- to operate the valve in thedevice 7. l'I'his arturbine set attaining excessive speeds. This is' rangement is particulrr/is7 simple when oil under.

accomplished in accordance with the invention pressure is used to e ect the gcverning of the 30' by opening a valve by means ofea safety`goverauxiliary prime mover, namely when the oil f nor sc that the heating gases are diverted neng-pressure regulation commonly employed for the gas turbine when its speed exceeds the maxi-" steam turbines is used. The safety device can mum allowable. f then be operated by the same oil pressure sys- Objects and advantages other than those above described will beapparent from the following desteamv'al'ves ofthe auxiliary prime mover. scriptionwhen read in connection with the ac- 1 The oil pressure system comprises a reservoir compianying vdrawing in whicln- Y* ..95-apum'p 10, a by-pass vvalve 11 operated by the Fig. 1 atically illustrates 4liowa sategovernor-'8.a pressure-regulating valve 12 :forv

40 ty'device'in accordance with the inventibn canAv example ot the well-known spring controlled 40 be applied tol-a Vpressure ilred steam generator type-conduit 13 for conveying the pressure oil plant. Io t0 device 'Z'and conduit 14 for returning oil from Fig. 2 in detail the valve' used tol device 7 to reservoir 9. by-pass the gases. .'-Fig. 2 shows in detail the by-pass device opl Referring more particularly to`the drawing eratedby oil under pressure. I'he space 15 is .45

byvcharacters of reference, in Fig. 1 the heating' in communication with a space on the inlet side gases ata pressure onlyV slightly lower than thatof the. .gas turbine and they space 16 leads to prevailing in the compressor, pass from the' the'outlet side of the turbine. Spaces 15 and steam generator 1 through the superheater 2 to 16 are separated by the valvev 1'?. The valve the gas turbine 3 which drives the compressor 4. spindle also carries a piston 18 on which the oil 50 The heating gases expand in the turbine' perpressure fromthe oil system acts. The oil enforming work 'and then pass to the preheater 5. ters. through .the pipe 13.. The pressure on thev In addition to the gas turbine there is also an piston is maintained through the -sm'all holev auxiliary prime mover 6, for instance a steam 19 and this latter also enables the oil losses,

thatwhich for example controls the v3.5".

turbine. This auxiliary prime mover serves resulting from leakagespast the piston; to bei 55 compensated. 14 designates the oil outlet pipe. During normal operation the pressure of the oil forces the piston down and the valve 17 is thus kept shut. When the allowable speed is exceeded, the safety governor opens the oil pressure system so that the pressure diminishes and the valve is raised by the action of the .spring 20. In order that this action can occur quickly it is necessary to provide for a quick transfer of the oil from the top side of the piston. A piston valve 21 is provided for this purpose. When the pressure in the space 22`diminis'hes,

vthe action of the spring 23 and the oil pressure still prevailing in the space between the piston 18 and restricted port 19 move the-piston valve 2l upwards so that -ar larger outlet passage is providedfor the oilwhich is on the top side of the piston 18.v The oilhthen ows through the openings 24 in= thel valve spindle and through the outlet pipe,14. l'

In addition to serving as a safety* device for preventing the gas turbo-compressor set from attaining excessive speeds the valve '7 can also be used as asafety device to prevent the pressure in the combustion chamber and heating tubes reaching too yhigh a value. For this purpose the Voil -pressure is adjusted by means of a pressure regulatingyalve 12 (Fig. l) to such a value that the piston valve 21 (Fig. 2) is moved upwards by oil pressure as soon as the oil pressure above the piston 18 produced by the upward movement of the piston, as a result of the gas pressure on the underside of the valve disc 17, exceeds a predetermined value, and oil commences to escape through the openings 24 and 14. The valve then operates as a normal safety or pressure limiting valve for maintaining the oil pressure in the control system, instead of using a dead-weight or spring-loaded valve vto accomplish the same object.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A safety device for pressure red steam generator systems wherein the hot gases from the pressure red generator pass successively through a superheater, a gas turbine connected to drive a compressor, and a preheater, which comprises a by-pass v alve adapted when open to pass gas directly from the superheater to the preheater without passing through said gas turbine, and means actuated by excessive velocities of said gas turbine to open said by-pass valve.

-2. A safety device for pressure fired steam generator systems wherein the hot gases from the pressure red generator pass successively through a superheater, a gas turbine connected to drive a compressor, and a preheater, `which comprises a by-pass valve adapted when open to pass gas directly from the superheater to the preheater without passing through said gas turbine, and means actuated by excessive pressures in said generator system to open said by-pass Valve.

3. A safety device for pressure red steam generator systems wherein the hot gases from the pressure fired generator pass successively through a superheater, a gas turbine connected t drive a compressor, and a preheatenwhich comprises a by-pass valve adapted when open to pass gas directly from the superheater to the preheater without passing through said gas turbine, an oil pressure system normally maintaining said valve in closed position and means actuated by excessive velocities of saidl gas turbine to release said oilpressurethere'by permitting said Valve to open.

4. A safety device for pressure -red steam generator systems wherein the hot gases from the pressure fired generator pass successively through a superheater, a gas turbine connected to drive a' compressor, and a preheater, which ,comprises a by-pass valve adapted when open to pass gas directly from the superheater to the preheater without passing through said gas turbine, an oil pressure system normally maintaining said valve closed against the pressure in said generator system,`and means for adjusting the pressure in said oil pressure system to a predetermined amount whereby pressures in said generator system in excess of a predetermined amount will cause said va1ve to open.

5. A safety device for pressure red steam generator systems wherein the pressure in the combustion chamber is produced by a compressor and wherein the hot gases from the pressure fired generator pass through a gas turbine connected lto drive said compressor, which coml prises a by-pass valve adapted when open to pass gas directly from the inlet side of the gas turbine to the outlet side thereof without passing through the gas turbine and means actuated by excessive velocities of said gas turbine to open said by-pass valve.

6. A safety device for pressure fired steam generator systems wherein the pressure in the combustion chamber is produced by'a compressor and wherein the hot gases fromthe pressure fired generator pass through a gas turbine con# nected to drive said compressor, which comprises a by-pass valve adapted when open to pass gas y' side of the gas turbine to directly from the inlet the outlet side thereof without passing through the gas turbine and means actuated by execs"- sive gas pressures in the combustion gas systern of said pressure fired generator to open said by-pass valve.

WALTER GUsTAV NoAcK. 

